Nordic Nuclear Materials Forum for Generation IV Reactors

Nordic Nuclear Materials Forum for Generation IV Reactors - NOMAGE 4 Sami Penttilä sami. penttila@vtt. fi NETNUC/GEN 4 FIN meeting 3. 4. 2009, VTT, Espoo

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND OBJECTIVES NOMAGE 4 • Nordic dimension • To survey Gen. IV activities in the Nordic countries • To create a network for interested parties with Gen. IV activities • To establish co-operation and identify partners for R&D applications to VR, EU etc. • To build a sustainable forum for Gen. IV issues, especially focussing on nuclear materials integrity and safety: fuels, cladding, structural materials and coolant interaction. • To develop an understanding of materials issues and their implications for design, operation & safety of Gen. IV reactors • Spreading knowledge on Gen. IV issues and ongoing research to different parties involved in the nuclear field, such as universities and utilities. • Inspiring young people for Gen. IV related R&D. 2

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY 2008 - 2010 • Build-up a website for the forum, www. studsvik. se/Generation. IV. (2008) • Identify the Nordic organizations which are involved in research concerning GENIV and other interested partners. (2008 2009) • Initiate the collaboration with organizations which are involved in research concerning Gen. IV and other interested partners from other Nordic countries. (2008 -2010) • Initiation of a Nordic Network. (2009) 3

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY 2008 - 2010 • 2 days workshop/yr for partners, research organisations, universities and companies. (2009 – 2010) • Increase the awareness of GENIV in training by e. g. collaboration with existing nuclear young generation societies, by e. g. giving presentations on GENIV issues. (2008 – 2010) • Listing research topics and priorities. (2008 – 2010) • Investigate the funding possibilities. (2008 – 2010) 4

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND PARTNERS • Studsvik Nuclear, Swedish forum/network coordinator: Clara Anghel, Sofia Björnsson • VTT, Finnish forum/network coordinator and other persons: Sami Penttilä (GEN 4 FIN-VTT), Timo Vanttola (NOMAGE 4), Antti Daavittila (NKS), Ulla Ehrnstén, Aki Toivonen, Seppo Vuori, Eija K. Puska, Jarmo Ala-Heikkilä (TKK) • Vattenfall, Pål Efsing • Work will be performed also to identify the interest of Norwegian (Prof. Truls Norby, from University of Olso), Danish and Icelandic organizations to be part of a Nordic network for research on GENIV. 5

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND MEMBERS • Vattenfall • Pål Efsing, Daniel Westlén • E. ON • Camilla Söderqvist • Westinghouse • Anders Andrén • Nordic Nuclear Safety Research • NKS • VTT • Timo Vanttola • Finnish research network for generation four nuclear energy systems • GENIVFIN • TVO • Liisa Heikinheimo • Fortum • Jyrki Kohopää • IFE • The Halden Reactor Project, Rudi van Nieuwenhove • KTH • Nuclear Power Safety, Tomas Lefvert • Reactor Physics, Janne Wallenius • Nuclear Reactor Technology, Henryk Anglart • Nuclear Chemistry, Mats Jonsson • Corrosion Science, Christofer Leygraf • Chalmers • Nuclear Engineering, Imre Pazsit • Nuclear Chemistry, Gunnar Skarnemark • Uppsala Universitet • Department of Physicsand astronomy, Ane. Håkansson • SKC Swedish Centre for Nuclear Technology • Jan Blomgren 6

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND How to work? • Network structure • Identification of Gen. IV national coordinators • • • Sweden, Studsvik Finland, VTT Norway, Halden Denmark and Iceland, to be identified Nordic network coordinators: Studsvik & VTT • Workplan • Each national coordinator will identify and present the information about their national GENIV activities • evaluate and report the infrastructure facilities, measurement techniques, modeling capabilities • The Nordic Gen. IV activity report will be then prepared and presented on Gen. IV website • Spreading knowledge and exchange information by organizing a Nordic workshop to which also young generation societies from all the Nordic countries are invited (tentative days 14 -15. 10. 09 in Studsvik) • To establish cooperation and identify partners for R&D applications to VR, EU etc • The idea of the network is to combine the resources of different research teams in order to carry out more ambitious and extensive research programs than would be possible for the individual teams. • Plans for continuation and ideeas for the first Nordic international Gen. IV collaboration project, e. g. FP 7 • Tools for information sharing • Gen. IV website: www. studsvik. se/Generation. IV • NOMAGE 4 report, will be done once a year • Other reports and open literature 7

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND Third GEN 4 FIN workshop in OCTOBER 2009 • Osallistutaan NOMAGE 4: n järjestämään 2 päivän GENIV seminaariin Studsvikissa 14 -15 lokakuuta • Menomatka lentäen • Takaisin Tukholmasta laivalla, jossa pidettäisiin GEN 4 FIN-palaveri 8